We’re back for one time only - with some news from SCE UK that you won’t have seen anywhere else! Thanks to the regulars for keeping the site going in the meantime. Here’s the new info from SCE UK. Get excited everyone, the time has come…

We just wanted to send word that the European PlayStation Blog is about to launch!

Before the grand unveiling, we wanted to thank you for your support of ThreeSpeech and we’re happy to share with you the first heads-up that the blog will be launching. You’re officially part of the ‘in’ crowd!

So, this is it everyone. Goodbye from Three Speech. Over the years (sniff) we published over 1,500 stories, and you lot left over 35,000 comments. Thank you all for sticking with us for so long. Thanks also for all your comments (both positive and negative), questions, suggestions for stories, news tips, solicited and unsolicited articles, friendly emails, photos, videos, tattoos and cakes. Further thanks to those of you with sites of your own who linked to us and let us link to you.

All is not lost, you still have your PS3s and PSPs to keep you busy. Also, remember that there’s an EU blog on the way – which is something you’ve been calling for for a long time on Three Speech, so it just goes to show that Sony were listening to us. Make sure that the community that grew around Three Speech carries on there and that you continue to tell SCEE what you think. The future address will be http://blog.eu.playstation.com, but in the mean time check http://eu.playstation.com for regular updates.

Quick thanks to everyone who has been involved behind the scenes as well… The SCE UK PR team, Andy, Paul, Jessica and David from Ramp/Crowd DNA. Our intrepid writers Keith Stuart, Steve Boxer, Keri Allan, Chris Burke, Jon Porter, Tom Eccles, Paul Clayton and many more. Pete for his tireless development and design work and Duncan and Alasdair for the hosting.

We’re off to dismantle the underground lair/hollowed-out volcano/space-station/submarine/haunted castle headquarters that this blog has been published from over the years, cover our tracks and vanish into the night. Love y’all…

“The blog will be launched in English first, with French, Italian, German and Spanish versions to follow soon after. There will be a period between the closure of ThreeSpeech and the launch of the EU blog, during this time please check PlayStation.com and the official forums for news and updates on all that is going on in the world of PlayStation.

We’ll keep you posted with more information about the blog as soon as we have it”

As of April the 17th Three Speech will be bowing out to make way for a brand new and shiny EU PlayStation blog.

It’s your feedback, comments and suggestions that have made this possible, so you should all be very proud! Obviously both Three Speech and SCE UK are very grateful to everyone who has made this site so busy and lively over the past two and half years. Your input has really helped PlayStation to grow, and the new blog will be a further way for you to contribute ideas. It’s been good fun meeting all of you and we’re looking forward to seeing you on the EU blog!

Capcom has released details on the free Championship Mode update that is due for an April 24th launch on PS3. The update will introduce a tournament mode with a range of features to accomodate it. Features include a point scoring system that ranks and matches players in tournaments based on their win ratio. On top of this, fighters who manage to win a whole tournament will be rewarded with Championship Points (CP). The top 5,000 players with the most CP will be granted the privilege of being able to upload replays of their own matches, whilst the rest of us get to use the PS3-exclusive video rating system to weed out the masterful from the hilarious, and so on.

Capcom’s Seth Killian compares this functionality to having “the best cable channel in the world for free.”

Visit the original post on Capcom Unity by clicking here for a full range of features, and be sure to click through for some images…Read more…

Sony Online Entertainment has revealed the inclusion of Solomon Grundy in DC Universe Online, the upcoming PS3 MMO. Solomon Grundy is a half-human (the remaining half being part zombie, part plant, exact ratio unknown…) villain that has been in a state of confused anger for his century-spanning lifetime. His immortality and enhanced strength makes him a huge threat to even the strongest heroes in the DC Universe. Find him skulking in swamps, sewers, and abandoned buildings in both Metropolis and Gotham City, and beware the low growl of “Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday…”

E-ROLE, regular reader since day one, is the latest to send us off with a homemade cake. Aspiring bakers among you should bear in mind there is only one day to go, so get those eggs cracked…

He’s taken the time to make us an incredibly well designed SIXAXIS sponge, complete with a personalised plaque. This cake will take its place alongside JohnSketch’s chocolate marvel in our newly established ‘Hall of Cake Fame’.

For anyone unfamiliar with cake, please watch this instructional (yet tense) video for some insights into how it is made and what it can look like.